Gregory's ServerPeople grumbling that #Mastodon is slow at the moment... You just turned up with 1 million people in a tiny, rural village and you're complaining there's a queue to get into the only tearoom, which is run by gay pensioners Babs & Maureen as a retirement hobby on Mons-Weds. Relax!
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Yeah. That's a temporary problem My major problems are that I cannot login in any other device. Also very difficult to find many people  @Richard_Littler One of those new arrivals (well about a week or so ago) honestly, as ex IT support, I fully understand and am in awe of the admins coping so well with #TwitterMigration @Richard_Littler people need something to bitch about...how will others know they are self important?  @Richard_Littler Thereβs obviously a big variation from profile to profile, server to server. Or for the Americans (who don't know what a tearoom is), imagine it's like Woodstock, with 400,000 people and only 6 port-a-potties. @Richard_Littler I love it, it's like we all had Europe land in Nantucket, in a 1600 time frame I was just on Twitter and so many people complaining. It's so annoying. They expect Mastodon to be Twitter 2.0 but if they got on here and experienced it a bit they might really like it. I sure do.  @Richard_Littler@mastodon.soci ordinarily I would heart this on Twitter. But since this is the first post I want to ββ€οΈβ on Mastodon and I donβt know how, Iβm just going to say βBravo!β Now if I can just find the reply buttonβ¦ Hi Katherine, another newbie, for me the reply button is at the bottom of the message on the left hand side, looks like a couple of cartoon speech bubbles one on top of the other. Hope this helps. @Richard_Littler Immediate gratification, to an unrealistic extent, has become the societal expectation in this hyper-connected world. I'm tired of it. I work in retail, and I see this there, too. Once upon a time the words "sold out" meant the customer got disappointed, but things happen. These days they threaten to (or do) call the police as if I've committed a crime against them, or become physically violent, all because they can't get what they want, when they want, because they want.  @Richard_Littler Just as it was in the early days of Twitter. We should revive the Failwhale. @Richard_Littler This is exactly the feeling of the migration... moving to a small village and not just missing the conveniences of the big city, but also the view out the window where you can see past your own neighborhood to a whole panorama of diverse and exciting activity. Will take some getting used to.  @Richard_Littler I was *literally* messaging a friend to mention the ... slowness. @Richard_Littler very good analogy. Sorry, us newbies are still finding our way around. Personally, a slower pace is fine by me.  @Richard_Littler Relax and pay your host/admin a decent fee. There is no advertising here, so your host must pay for server, power, etc. and must do the service. @Richard_Littler Happy to help out Babs & Maureen. I'll wash if someone dries ππ³οΈβπ @Richard_Littler Twitter outages are hardly an unfamiliar thing, anyway. People are just grumpy. :) @Richard_Littler @Richard_Littler π Oh my, Richard, you just made my day. βοΈ π« Care for a biscuit? @Richard_Littler Many people here are from the non-tech side of twitter. Make sure to be aware and inform individuals and don't hate on them for not understanding!  It's a bigger challenge for than for a for-profit corp. At least the rural farmer is able to expand the server farm, yes? @Richard_Littler @tammymakesthings @Richard_Littler Agreed. I'm on Mastodon day three and I've been very impressed by how friendly it is. I've not had a single sarcastic response to my posts or called unpleasant names yet, which has been a pleasant change. I suspect that this may change once the birdsite eventually implodes and the right-wing racists and undesirables come flooding here. Hopefully the admins can keep a right rein on them if/when this happens. @Richard_Littler The Mastodon was a larger and probably slower relative of the elephant. I do not expect rabbit quick, just steady consistent advancing. Problem of my older generation. Electric lights worked well, had long before I was born. Grew up turn light switch on room instantly flooded with light. Now we expect that of everything. Tortoise did win the race @Richard_Littler Hang in there, Babs and Maureen, and the scones are DELICIOUS π  @Richard_Littler The tearooms are doing fine, it's the supermarkets that have long lines. @vees @Richard_Littler Very true. I'm on a smaller instance that's focused on open education, and there's literally been zero disruption at all. @Richard_Littler So what is weird is I can click on the three dots and mute you or block you, but I have to actually click on your name to follow you. Maybe that can get fixed somehow. Just got here 15 mins ago. @Richard_Littler @Richard_Littler Just takes some readjustment doesn't it? I keep checking myself whenever I find myself thinking it's slow. Reminding myself why I'm here. It's a good thing to keep reminding myself that.  This is great! That's a big help, but where is the special queue for the crypto tech bros? #twittermigration #mastodonmigration #twitter #NewUsers #mastodontips #welcome @Richard_Littler oooof, that isn't a good look. Let me apoligize on behalf of all of us. I definitely noticed the speed but recognized, it's literally me π It's like being stuck in traffic and complaining about the traffic. We are the traffic! @Richard_Littler Being new here, I do admit to a sense of expectation that weβll soon hear a PSA from the stage, not to take the brown acid thatβs going around. @Richard_Littler Hi, you are my first mstdn follow! As a person who was in her 20s in the 70s, I can, indeed, imagine what it would be like to be stuck there forever- dark, but w great music! @Richard_Littler This reminds me of when my local #NonLeague club, average attendance 200, got over 1600 for an FA Cup game π @Richard_Littler hey. Great post. Tech illiterate here. How the hell do I find more people on this site?? So confused about all the server stuff etc. Can you help or point me in the right direction? Patience is a skill, not a virtue. I practice it a lot. Thank you, Sir! @StrphenLyon @Richard_Littler try this @Richard_Littler Word. I don't care how slow it is, still better than that other place. Very impressed by the effort in ramping up capacity.π  @Richard_Littler Babs and Maureen are splendid. I'll check out the breeze while waiting in line. Not a problem. @Richard_Littler this is an iconic toot! and one of the best metaphors I've ever read. Cheers! @Richard_Littler everyone from the other place needs to recall with fondness and nostalgia the fail whale @Richard_Littler I love the analogy, Iβd love to go to Babs and Maureenβs tea shop! |
@Richard_Littler It's actually more like a federation of independent towns, but everyone wants to live in the most popular towns and the smaller ones (which are as fast as ever) mostly get ignored.